Notice to candidates

Effective date: October 15, 2026   Last updated: October 15, 2026

How we contact you

MCA writes to candidates only from email addresses ending in @mcaculture.com. We never ask a candidate for money, bank details, or payment of any kind, at any stage of a search. If you are unsure whether a message came from us, write to contactus@mcaculture.com and we will confirm.

Equal opportunity

MCA and the organizations we serve are committed to equal opportunity. Every search is conducted without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law, and every candidate is measured against the same criteria set for the role. If you need an accommodation at any point in a search, tell us and we will arrange it. Information about your accommodation is used only to arrange it.

Confidentiality

Your materials are read by the MCA team working on the search. They are shared with the client's search committee only if you are advanced. Your candidacy stays private from your current employer unless you tell us otherwise or the law requires it. We do not contact references without your knowledge, and we normally do so only at the finalist stage.

Voluntary questions

Some applications include voluntary questions about who you are, such as race, ethnicity or gender identity. Answering is your choice. Your answers are stored separately from your application, are not seen by the people evaluating your candidacy, and have no bearing on it. We report on responses to voluntary questions only in aggregate.

How we make decisions

People, not automated systems, evaluate candidates at MCA. We do not use artificial intelligence or other automated tools to score or rank candidates. Each hiring decision rests with the client.

Coaching with MCA

If you coach with MCA and apply to a search we lead, your coaching and that search are kept separate. What you share in coaching is not shared with the search team or the client, and you are measured by the same criteria as every other candidate.

Your information

We keep candidate information as long as needed for the search and for our long-term records of leadership transitions, and we protect it with reasonable administrative and technical safeguards. Application forms may be run by a third-party provider, whose privacy practices also apply. You can ask us to access, correct, or delete your information at any time by writing to contactus@mcaculture.com. Full details are in our Privacy policy.

Questions about this notice: contactus@mcaculture.com